Sausage-twisting machine



Dec. 28 1926, I V E. F. TES

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Patented Dec. 28, 1926. r 1,6lZ,Z3 i

NITED STATES PTENT FFEQE.

EVDOKIM F. TES, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

SAUSAGE-TWISTING MACHINE.

Application filed June 8, 1926. Serial No. 114,445.

This invention relates to a, machine in 9 of a rotary frame it). The meeting faces which sausage in the filled casing form may of the plates at their lower ends are formed be divided and intertwisted in the familiar with interfitting projections 11 to insure linked construction. similar movements of such plates, a spring 60 The invention is directed to providing a 12 secured to plate 6 and to the frame bar means by which the sausage link may be 9 serving to normally hold the plates in gripgripped at intervals corresponding to the ping relation, one of the plates as 5 has a usual linked link, the short section of sausage handle extension 13 and the other of said between these links compressed and held to deplates as 6 has a somewhat longer operating 65 fine a fixed point, the link holding means b'eextension 14. The frame 10 is provided with ing then relatively rotatedto'twist the short a gear 15 interrupted at 16 to permit access sections, and thusseparate the links so far between the plates 5 and 6.

as the material is concerned while main- The lined gripping members comprise taining a connection between such links of plates 17 and 18 pivotally connected at 19 70 the intertwisted casing. and supported from a block 20 slidably The invention is illustrated in the accoinmounted in a vertical guide way 21 the panying drawings in Whicl1:' block being connected to the plate 17, and Fig. 1 1s a perspective view of the imthe latter preferably formed with a chanproved machine. nelled block to receive the sausage lndi- 75 20 Fig. 2 is a transverse section through the cated at 23. The plate 18'has an extension machine showing particularly the rotatable 24 adagted when the plates are elevated as gripper and the means for automatica ly described to engage a roller stop 25 on the opening the plates thereof. adjacent partition 3 to thereby open the Fig. 3 is a transverse section through the plates. The fixed gripping members are 80 25 machine showing particularly the fixed grip operated by their being raised and lowered per and the manner of opening the plates with respect to normal position, the raising thereof. medium being a bar 26 extending from a Fig. 1 is a transverse View through the shaft 27 mounted in the partition 3 and opmachine showing particularly the means for erated by a handle 28, whereby all of the 55 30 compressing the casingbetween thegrippers. fixed gripping members may be simultane- Fig. 5 is a broken plan viewshowing the ously operated.

cooperating means for compressing the sau- Mounted intermediate each pair of gripsage casing. peis is mechanism for compressing the ma- Fig. 6 is a section on line 66 of Fig. 2. terial in the sausage casing so as to define 90 35. The improved machine comprises a sup a portion of such casing free of material porting frame including a rectangular base to permit a twist at this point. This mecha- 1 of skeleton form supported upon legs 2. nism comprises a plurality of intermeshing Base 1 is divided by transverse partitions pinions 29, 30, and 31, the latter of which is 3 with certain of the partitions spaced apart mounted 011a shaftcxtended beyond the 49 to receive the linked gripping sections, others frame and operated by handle 33. Secured of the partitions being spaced apart a less upon the particular partition is frame bar distance to house the operating mechanism. 3%, on which the pinions are supported, from Supported in alignment longitudinally of the respective ends of which rise posts 3-5 the frame are sausage gripping members arover which is looped a rubber band 36. A 7190 ranged in pairs on the respective sides of compressing member 37 is connected to the the partitions 3, the partitions being verpinion 30 and formed-with a semicircular tically recessed at at in alignment with the depression 38 in position to engage the sangripping members. The gripping members sage resting upon the rubber band 36. A

are successively of different type and altercompressing lever 39 is secured to the pin- 1G5 nately of the same type, being designated as ion 29, projecting therefrom in curved form fixed gripping members and rotary gripping and terminating in a hook 40 over which is members. The rotary gripping members looped a rubber band 4-1 the opposite termiwhich are shown more particularly in Figure nal of which connected to a hook 42 se- 2 include spaced plates 5 and 6 each procured to the frame bar 341-. Obviously as vided on the inner surface with a protective the shaft 32 is rotated the sausage is comlayer and each pivoted at 8 to a cross bar pressed at a particular point by the members 37 and 39, or more particularly the rubber hand held by the latter, thereby forcing the material in each direction beyond the particular point of compression and providing a comparatively free portion of the sausage casing to permit inter-twisting.

The gear 15 is operated from pinions 43 and 44 connected by an intermediate pinion 45, the pinions 43 being mounted upon a shaft 46 operated by handle 47. Two pinions 43 and 44 are provided to permit continuous movement of the rotary grippers notwithstanding the mutilated gear 15. The shaft 48 is mounted at the rear portion of the partition and operable by handle 49, this shaft carrying a trip rod 50 through connecting bars 51. The trip bar is designed when in operative position to rest on shoulders 52 of the partitions 3 and in the path of movement of the extension 14 of the plate 6.

In operation a length of sausage casing with the contained material is placed in the machine resting upon the rubber bands 36 and within the grippers, the shaft 2? having been operated to open the fixed grippers and the handle 13 having been operated to open the rotary grippers. Shaft 32 is then operated to form the divisions between the links by the compressing members referred to, fol lowing which the grippers are closed to grip the respective links. By the arrangement of the grippers it will be apparent thateach alternate link is held stationary in the fixed grippers, the remaining alternate links being held in the movable grippers. Shaft 46 is then operated turning the rotary grippers on an axis which is in the line of the placed link with the effect to twist the link in the rotary grippers relative to the links in the fixed grippers to thus effect the twisting of the sausage casing for the production of the well known line of separation between the links.

When the twisting has reached the desired extent the trip bar 50 is lowered and on the next rotation of the rotary grippers the extension 14 engages the trip bar thereby opening the rotary grippers to release the sausage. The shaft 32 is rotated to release the compressing members and the shaft 27 is operated to raise and open, through the extension 24 and stop 25, the fixed grippers. The sausage length, formed into links, may then be freely lifted from the machine and the operation repeated on the next length.

\Vhat I claim is:

1. A machine for forming a sausage length into links comprising alternately arranged fixed and rotary grippers in which the sausage length is held, each of the grippers comprising pivotally connected plates, and means whereby the plates of the respective grippers may be simultaneously spaced apart to permit the introduction of the sausage, and means for compressing the casing of the sausage between the respective grippers to permit an intertwisting.

2. A machine for forming a sausage length into links comprising alternately arranged iixed and rotary grippers comprising pivotally connected plates, and means whereby the plates of the respective grippers may be simultaneously spaced apart to permitthe introduction of the sausage, levers mounted intermediate the gripping members and adapted in operation to exert a compressing force on the sausage casing and means for operating the levers.

3. A machine for forming a sausage length into links comprising alternately arranged fixed and rotary grippers comprising pivotally connected plates, and means whereby the plates of the respective grippers may be simultaneously spaced apart to permit the introduction of the sausage, levers mounted intermediate the gripping members and adapted in operation to exert a compressing force on the sausage casing and means for operating the levers, said lever mechanism including a resilient member to directly engage the sausage casing.

4. A machine for twisting sausage lengths into links including alternately disposed fixed and rotary grippers, the rotary grippers comprising spaced plates mounted for relative pivotal connection and h ving their ends formed to compel simultaneous and sim ilar movements of the plate, and manually operable means to be disposed into the path of movement of one of the plates at will to interrupt movement of such plates and therefore compel an opening of the plates.

5. A machine for twisting sausage lengths into link form comprising a ternately arranged rotary and fixed grippers, each of the grippers comprising a pair of plates mounted for relatively swinging movement, manual means for relatively moving the plates of the fixed grippers, and means for automatically and relatively moving the plates of the rotary grippers.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

EVDOKIM F. TES.

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